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I find that my Lionel LEGACY remote slowly heats up whenever it is on the base and the track power is on.

I'm using regular batteries - not rechargeable ones. I have disabled the charging mode on the base. So, I leave the remote on the base, assuming that it will not try to charge the remote.

However, I find that it still heats up.

Should I not keep the remote on the base at all if I am using regular batteries? Or is there something else that is wrong?

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I never use the base for storage and recharging.  Have a battery charger and two sets of rechargeable batteries.  After each session, I remove center battery from CAB 2 and then insert it at next running session.  There is always a fully charged set available, so I have an immediate replacement.  Works like a charm, never have a dead set of batteries and there is no power going to the Base.

Thank you both for your guidance. I will now do the following:

  1. I will not keep the remote on the base anymore.
  2. I will continue to use regular batteries, but I will take the batteries out of the remote when I'm not running it.
  3. I will monitor the base to see if it is gets warm on its own when I have track power on.

Hopefully that should do the trick.

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